It's the fastest thing possible in a desktop, and Dell's equivalent workstation (Precision T7400) costs a thousand dollars (20%) more. I'd by pretty content, too.
Concur.
I am with IT tech support for a major university. The mac users are mostly elitist professors - their computers are ivory towers just like their users, cut off from the outside world and in their own little realms.
Pretty graphics, but all the computing power of a falling brick.
et tu Old Sarge?
Uh - huh. The term 'solipsism' comes to mind.
You have that right. For years Macs have been assoiciated with academia. They are for the most part very powerful machines that have some nice features that support academia well because of the closed architecture and exclusivity. However, when compared the business world, there are so many other dynamic uses that Macs do not compare.
You are wrong about the computing power. And you’re making another mistake when you assume that because that’s the limit of your experience, that’s all there is.
Great tagline.
“I am with IT tech support for a major university. The mac users are mostly elitist professors - their computers are ivory towers just like their users, cut off from the outside world and in their own little realms.”
That’s true in the lib-arts, but not in the comp sci field. Legendary computer security expert Gene Spafford (prof at Purdue) gave a lecture on network security and was asked about his Mac use (this was 1999, when most were still using OS 8 or 9), and he said that while he preferred Unix for servers because of their power and scalability, he preferred Macs for the desktop for one reason...he thought Apple had a philosophy of excellence and intuitiveness when it came to the human-computer interaction. And I largely agree with that.
For computer pros, it’s not about style or even standing out. Its about what we think works best.
It's the fastest thing possible in a desktop, and Dell's equivalent workstation (Precision T7400) costs a thousand dollars (20%) more. I'd by pretty content, too.
“Pretty graphics, but all the computing power of a falling brick.”
For the past several years, Macs have been using EXACTLY THE SAME processors as do Windows PC’s.
In fact, most Mac motherboards now are [essentially] PC motherboards with a few additional custom chips. But the processors are no different.
Same processors. Same computing power.
Your next argument against the Mac?
- John